Vocabulary

Japanese topeshark (Hemitriakis japanica)

to make a pun on a word

nowadays; in this day and age

cattle droving

beef products

pine sprout; pine bud

Mustelus (genus of smooth-hound sharks)

smooth-hound (Mustelus mustelus, houndshark found in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean)

gummy shark (Mustelus antarcticus, species endemic to southern Australia)

dusky smooth-hound (Mustelus canis); smooth dogfish

smalleye smooth-hound (Mustelus higmani, species of houndshark from the western Atlantic)

spotless smooth-hound (Mustelus griseus)

spotted estuary smooth-hound (Mustelus lenticulatus, species of houndshark found around southern Australia and New Zealand)

Triakis (genus of houndsharks)

babies born on October 10, supposedly conceived on New Year's Day

leopard shark (Triakis semifasciata, species found along the Pacific coast of North America)

Hypogaleus (genus whose sole member is the blacktip tope, Hypogaleus hyugaensis)

blacktip tope (Hypogaleus hyugaensis, a hound shark found in the Indo-West Pacific)

Carcharhinidae (family of migratory live-bearing requiem sharks)

Galeocerdo (genus whose sole member is the tiger shark)

Carcharhinus (genus of requiem sharks)

side dish (e.g. vegetables, beans, pickles)

iron containing less than 0.04% carbon

pine nut

to throw the baby out with the bath water; to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel; to obsess over insignificant details and miss the larger point; to straighten the horns and kill the cow

marauder

organizer (in vertebrate embryology)

oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)

grid connection

photography event; photo session; photo shoot

vuvuzela (South African plastic blowing horn)

nuclear development program; nuclear program

abduction victims; abductees

latticed shutters (in traditional Japanese and Chinese architecture)

coffee grounds

re-release; republication

letter explaining the reasons for cutting down an alleged villain; assassin's written vindication of his killing

to kidnap; to abduct; to snatch; to carry people away; to take by force

adhesion (e.g. of lipstick); density (e.g. of leaves on a tree); saturation (e.g. of a color); attachment quality; degree

fleshiness; plumpness